Pam Herd
Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University. PI, Wisconsin Longitudinal Study
@ColbyCollege alum
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UC Berkeley is disavowing its eugenic research fund after bioethicist and other faculty call it out
UC Berkeley disavowed a research fund for eugenics it had kept for decades after a campus bioethicist and others protested. But eugenic ideology remains embedded in science today.
James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing
“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.”
“An oppressive status quo”: School of Nursing director of diversity, equity and inclusion resigns as student frustration mounts
Just 15 months after assuming the position, Raven Rodriguez has resigned from her post as the Yale School of Nursing director of diversity, equity and inclusion effective immediately. In an early Thursday morning email obtained by the News,...
What to Do If You Change Your Mind About Voting by Mail
Maybe you requested a mail ballot, but changed your mind and want to vote in person. This is what you can do in every state if you’ve changed your mind about how you want to cast your vote.
Pam Herd
PSA: If you want to vote in person even though you requested an absentee ballot here's how to do it.
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@texasinafrica here's what to do if you want to vote in-person, but have an absentee ballot
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The Only Middle Finger Available | National Review
If Trump wins, it will be as a gigantic rude gesture to the cultural Left.
My Experience as a Working Mother at Notre Dame Was Much Different From Amy Coney Barrett’s
This proudly Catholic institution did not make it possible for me to have a family of the size I wanted.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: F. Ross Johnson Virtual Colloquium on Precarity "Lives on the Edge". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join us at the Centre for the Study of the United States for the F. Ross Johnson Virtual Colloquium on Precarity. "Lives on the Edge" is about the different forms precarity takes - a social, political and economic balancing act disproportionately...
🚨VOTING RIGHTS VICTORY IN PENNSYLVANIA!
Learn about our latest voting rights victory in Pennsylvania.
New Texas rule lets social workers turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disability
A professional organization of social workers called the change "incredibly disheartening," while Gov. Greg Abbott's office said it was necessary to conform with existing state law.
How do work requirement waivers help SNAP respond to a recession?
Work requirements impede SNAP’s dual role as a safety net and automatic stabilizer. This economic analysis provides new evidence about how waivers to these rules functioned during the Great Recession and how the USDA’s proposed rules would have...
How Could Your Ballot Be Rejected? Let Us Count the Ways
Pay attention to these five things when you vote.
U.S. Postal Service Benches Its Police Officers Before Election
The U.S. Postal Service has ordered its police officers off city streets, sparking a legal battle in the final weeks of an election that could hang on mail-in ballots.
Pam Herd
The US Postal Service leadership, two weeks before the election, has ended daily patrols intended to protect against robberies of mail trucks and blue collection boxes. In particular, they did this in Detroit, Miami, Pittsburgh and Atlanta.
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Opinion: Judge Barrett's view of Obamacare stirs fear among disabled Americans
Rebecca Cokley writes that Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court has struck fear in the hearts of families like hers -- with parents and children whose disabilities make them heavily reliant on the Affordable Care Act. She says with...
Ireland to impose 5km travel limit in strict new Covid lockdown
Move to level 5 measures to include closing most shops and banning home visits
Pam Herd
Ireland is closing their pubs to make sure their kids can still go to school.This is what a functioning government looks like.
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Bright Spot for N.Y.C.: In Schools, Only 18 Positives Out of 10,676 Tests
The absence of outbreaks, if it holds, suggests that the city’s efforts to return children to classrooms could serve as an influential model for the nation.
Pam Herd
This is *very* encouraging, but critical notes: 1) there is low community spread 2) they have substantially reduced class sizes and 3) they're testing in a somewhat systematic way (but need to do a lot more).
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Educators teaching online and in person at the same time feel burned out
The Covid-19 pandemic has led many schools to offer both classroom and virtual instruction, but teachers say doing both concurrently is exhausting.